Environmental efficiency analysis of transportation system in China: A non-radial DEA approach

Young-Tae Chang, Ning Zhang, Denise Danao and Nan Zhang

Energy Policy, 2013, vol. 58, issue C, 277-283

Abstract: Many countries are worried about reducing energy consumption and environmental pollution while increasing the productivity and efficiency of their industries. This study intends to contribute to the literature by proposing a non-radial DEA model with the slacks-based measure (SBM) to analyze the environmental efficiency of China's transportation sector. The results show that most of the provinces in China do not have an eco-efficient transportation industry. The environmental efficiency levels in most of the provinces are lower than 50% of the ideal or target level. Therefore, China's transportation industry is environmentally very inefficient. China can reduce a great deal of carbon emissions in each province ranging from at least 1.6 million TOEs in Qinghai and at most 33 million TOEs in Guangdong and Shanghai.

Keywords: Environmental efficiency; DEA; Transportation industry in China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.011

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